Day 23: Watching

Day 22: The Stang

Day 21: Quack!

Day 20: Fall in the City

Day 19: Pupply

Day 18: Mother and Child

Day 17: Man's Best Friend

Day 16: Fall Fountain

Day 15: MP5

Here's a cropped photo of my baby

(2002 Mazda Protege5)

Day 14: What's in your hedges??

My wish list

Last night I was thinking about all the thing I wanted/needed to get for my camera and decided that it would be great if I had them all written down. So here goes :)

I really wrestled with my number one thing I need/want but when it comes down to it, I know it's number one. 1) MD to 4/3(four thirds) lens adapter. I have some really great lenses that I've been using for my Minolta XG-M and would love to use them on my Olympus. Fotodiox makes this adapter and it seems to get pretty good reviews. I, of course, looked up some user photos with the same setup I'm trying to do to see if their photos came out well; they did. I was happy with what I saw. This adapter allows me to expand my lenses for the Olympus from the lonely one I have, to 4 lenses and a 2x converter!

2) Tamrac Velocity 7x or 8x camera bag. This is just a must. I've been looking at bags, talking to people about bags, even dreaming about bags, and it all comes back to the Velocity series being the best.

The next three are also no-brainers 3) lens filters 4) memory cards 5) extra batteries. Nothing special here, just things that you have to get.

The next thing on the list would have to be a lens. With the lens adapter helping me out with two normal lenses, I'm going to opt for a super wide angel. 6) Olympus E 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 Zuiko Lens. I want this bad.... like really really bad. I've looked on flickr to see some shots taken with this lens and I was amazed. I love wide angel/fisheye photography and I really. I chose this lens because the 8mm and 7mm-14mm are way more than I want to spend on a lens that I won't use all that often.

So... I'll leave it there.... of course I could go on and on, but these are the things I would love to have before my big vacation in February :)

Do you have any suggestions for me or know of another must have?? Please leave a comment.

Day 13: I spy...

Day 12: Over the banister

Day 11: Night Lights of Atlanta

Day 10: Work not yet completed

Day 9: Blue Liquid

Day 8: A Night's Tale

I gave it a shot and I think it came out pretty well. Long exposure success!
This was taken at the top of a parking garage looking out over a shopping center.

Settings | f11 @ ∞ | 30 seconds | ISO 100

Day 7: Winter Cooking?

After a gloomy, cold day in Georgia, I decided to pull out the crock pot and southern cook book.
It's time for some good, hearty food :)

Day 6: Frosty

Some delicious cake that I've been eating.

Day 5: My Classic

This is my baby. It's my 1981 Minolta XG-M 35mm SRL film camera.

Day 4: Ṣalāh

A Muslim man getting in his prayer at the entrance of a packing garage.

Day 3: It came in boxes

Here are the two boxes my camera and lens came in.

Day 2: The last stop

This is a picture of the stairwell located at the Marta's North Springs Station.
This is the last station on the red line.

Day 1: Just me and the cam

This is me and my new camera
(Olympus E-620)

The next big step...

I've decided to go ahead with this new hobby of mine and learn the true ins and outs of digital photography. Sounds great, but you know the gear I have is for my film camera. Well that just changed. Last night i picked up my new digital-SLR camera that I had ordered on Sunday night. I now have an Olympus E-620 fitted with a 40-150mm lens (for now). I've got much to learn with this camera, but I feel like I have a good foundation with all that I've done with film.

To help keep me motivated and focused on learning my new camera, I signed up for the 365 project. The 365 project is one in which you must take and post one picture everyday for one year. I think I'm up for the challenge =p

I will try to post each picture here with an explanation of the shot. I'm hoping to improve over time and watch as I become a better photographer. The first ones are going to be super basic... from the ideas of the first couple of shots I've been thinking about taking; one of me, my camera, my film camera, something I made, work, my girlfriend... but I hope, down the road, to compose some really cool pics.

I look forward to doing this and I hope all goes well.

~Famous~

Sport Outing

On Saturday, I decided to run up to the park and see if I could find some people to shoot. What I found was championship tennis matches that were in full swing. The ALTA (Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association, a non-profit organization devoted to the development of tennis for recreation and physical fitness and is pledged to maintain the rules of play and high standard of sportsmanship) were having the city finals for there mixed doubles league. It was hotter than hell out there, but I got some shots in. Take a look at this collage of the day.

Snap Happy

A few weeks ago, I started attending a class where I would learn more about my camera, f stops, shutter speed, exposuer and so forth. This has only increased my new found passion of photography. I'm more eager to try all the thing I've learned in class. For the first time, I wish I had a digital camera (just for the instant gratification), but I'm not giving up on film just yet. I love the anticipation... not knowing if I got the shot or not or how it will come out.

Last post, I mentioned my girlfriend bought me some black and with film... well take a look at some of these shots.

Oh Snap!

I'm so excited!! I came home the other day and my wonderful girlfriend bought me some new film for my Minolta. It's Kodak's BW400CN, a 35mm black & white film. I'll start shooting sometime this weekend. I can't wait! I also have 2 rolls of film that I need to get developed and posted online... stay tuned :D

(stock photo)

My first two rolls

So after shooting a roll with my 50mm lens and another with my 70mm - 210mm zoom lens, these are collages of my photos...





So what do you think??? Leave comments!

You have a what???

1981 Minolta XG-M 35mm film camera! That's right, this camera is older than I am. Now that I know that it works and know more about the camera, I decided to buy two more lenses for it. I have a total of three lenses:

• Minolta MD Rokkor 50mm 1: 1.7
• Minolta MD Minolta Celtic 28mm 1 :2.8
• Minolta MD Zoom 70 - 210mm 1:4

My Minolta XG-M with MD Zoom 70 - 210mm 1:4 lense

So it begins...

About a month ago, my interests in photography were sparked again and I started looking into getting a camera. Of course I didn't have the means ($$$) to by a new camera but I looked anyway. After much looking, I decided on getting the Fuji FinePix S1800. It is a really good camera that takes amazing photos. It's a step down from a dSLR, which I knew would be too much for me. So I devised a plan to save up money and buy it... but then I remembered...

A couple years back, my mom bought a camera from the classifieds and didn't know how to use it. I couldn't help her out with the camera because it was super old and not digital. She packed it up somewhere and never pulled it out again. So I called her up at worked and asked her if she still knew where it was. Long story short, I found the camera in a Ziploc freezer bag tucked away in a drawer...

Now I've this old camera that I know nothing about or even that it worked. After much research, and some batteries, I got the camera to work... or so I thought. Since the camera isn't digital, I had to buy film, shoot the whole roll, and get it developed...

Well here's one of the first shots I took:

Welcome

Welcome to my photoblog. Photography has always interested me, and now I'm taking that interest and doing something with it. Journey with me as I attempt to master the art of photography one shot at a time. I'm using this as a stage to share my photos, knowledge and inspirations. So follow me as I learn about the wonderful world of photography. You don't want to miss it.

~Trezzay~